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Traditional And Naturally Significant Places Process Primer For The Oglala Sioux Tribe, Michael Catches Enemy

Culminating Projects in Cultural Resource Management

The Oglala Sioux Tribe, through its various tribal programs like the Historic Preservation Office & the Cultural Affairs Advisory Council (2009-2013), decided to initiate the development of a process primer for the future creation of a more holistic and culturally-relevant identification process for Lakólyakel na ečhá waŋkátuya yawá owáŋka “traditional and naturally significant places” (TNSP’s) to protect and preserve these places within the realm of cultural resource management. The process primer will be in accord with the functions assumed by the Oglala Sioux Tribe in 2009 through Tribal Council Ordinance No. 09-29, upheld by No. 13-17, to consult with appropriate …

Faunal Analysis Of The Licking Bison Site (39hn570): An Early Archaic Bison Kill Site From Harding County, South Dakota, Monica Margaret Bugbee

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The Licking Bison Site (39HN570) is located in Harding County, South Dakota and dates to 5570±30 ¹⁴C yr BP (6406-6301 cal yr BP), during the Early Archaic period. The site was discovered in 1994 and excavated between 1995 and 2000 by the South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center (SARC). The Early Archaic corresponds with a period of warm and dry climatic conditions on the Northern Great Plains often referred to as the Altithermal. Archaeological sites from this time are relatively rare compared to both earlier and later periods. The Licking Bison Site is one of only two known bison …

Burn Baby Burn: An Experiment In Archaeological Site Formation Through Fire, Ian Hanson

Culminating Projects in Cultural Resource Management

The study of fire and how it affects archaeological sites has been a topic of interest for some time. Unfortunately, data retrieved from burned sites comes with little or no data regarding the site before it was burned over, particularly the pre and post-burn location of artifacts. This thesis presents an experiment where test plots of replica artifacts were burned in prescribed fires on the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. In an attempt to measure fire as a site formation process in prairie grassland and oak woodland, this experiment helps establish baseline data for these two common habitats in Minnesota and …

Paleoenvironment Of The Late Eocene Chadronian-Age Whitehead Creek Locality (Northwestern Nebraska), Samantha Mills

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Toward the end of the Middle Eocene (40-37mya), the environment started to decline on a global scale. It was becoming more arid, the tropical forests were disappearing from the northern latitudes, and there was an increase in seasonality. Research of the Chadronian (37-33.7mya) in the Great Plains region of North America has documented the persistence of several mammalian taxa (e.g. primates) that are extinct in other parts of North America. This research aims to investigate the paleoenvironment of the Whitehead Creek locality, Nebraska, one Chadronian-age locality within the Great Plains, in order to better understand the circumstances surrounding the persistence …

On The Early To Middle Archaic Occupation Of Hudson-Meng: A Geoarchaeological And Lithic Study, Jeffrey Shelton

Culminating Projects in Cultural Resource Management

The goals of this research are to come to a greater understanding of site formation processes at the Hudson-Meng site, to gain a greater understanding of Early to Middle Archaic lifeways through the material record at Hudson-Meng, and to quantify the potential for error between observers in a lab setting, using the Hudson-Meng assemblage as a vehicle for discussion. Situated in Sioux County, Nebraska, the Hudson-Meng site (25SX115) has been a site of contention for decades. Hudson-Meng has been evaluated multiple times since its original excavation in 1968, with the primary research focus being on a large Paleoindian bone bed. …

From Lower Town To St. Cloud State: Geophysical Survey Of An Evolving Urban Landscape 1869-2019, Rob Mann, Jonathan Corbin, Michael Penrod, Veronica Parsell

Anthropology Faculty Presentations and Posters

In 2019 a team of graduate students from the Cultural Resource Management Masters program, led by Rob Mann, PhD., Professor of Anthropology, under took a ground penetrating radar survey of critical sites on the St. Cloud State University campus. These were sites that had played a role in shaping the development of the University. The project was funded by a graduate student research grant from St. Cloud State University.

Honey Or Vinegar: Oneota Interaction In The Central And Northeastern Plains, Benjamin Shirar

Culminating Projects in Cultural Resource Management

Abstract

Beginning AD 1150 and extending until European contact, the archaeological culture referred to as “Oneota” underwent an explosive spread across the American midcontinent. As Oneota ideas, people, or some combination thereof moved westward, they encountered people from other cultures. Along the western frontier of Oneota culture, evidence suggests that relations between Oneota and Plains indigenes took a variety of forms. To better understand how various environmental and cultural factors may have informed the decision-making process with regard to inter-group interaction, four sites along this western Oneota periphery were selected for analysis: Shea and Sprunk in eastern North Dakota, White …